Zip lookup · NJ

08251
Villas, New Jersey.

Villas, Cape May County, NJ · Ocean City, NJ metro · population 10,503

What it costs per month · 08251 $2,175/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,395 (+179%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $21,107 +5%
$393,198$414,305 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $113,403 +38%
$300,902$414,305 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08251 $2,175 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08251$2,175
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 08251 rose 5.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Villas, NJ — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $414,305 as of Sep 2026
+5.4%year on year

Typical home value — 08251

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08251 $414,305 Ocean City $813,023 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08251$414,305
  • Ocean City$813,023
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.2 08242 Rio Grande 4,141 — $437,026
3.9 08204 Cape May 16,573 — $744,000
5.1 08260 Wildwood 12,959 $1,866 $665,047
6.6 08212 Cape May Point 138 — $1,644,488
7.7 08247 Stone Harbor 965 — $2,591,421
8.4 08210 Cape May Court House 17,143 — $464,353
10.7 08202 Avalon 1,612 — $2,833,672
15.0 08243 Sea Isle City 2,000 — $1,537,842
15.7 08327 Leesburg 3,408 — $233,095
17.0 08230 Ocean View 5,700 — $487,350
17.5 08270 Woodbine 8,362 — $333,200
17.6 08321 Fortescue 133 — $168,920
18.0 08349 Port Norris 2,441 — $192,193
18.2 08248 Strathmere 266 — $1,690,114

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.